Trap: We're Capable of Leaving the French Bleu ; World Cup Play-Off Ireland V France, November 14 and 18

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AFTER all his fighting talk of dashing to Zurich to vent his frustration at Fifa boss Sepp Blatter, Giovanni Trapattoni watched yesterday's World Cup play-off draw at home.

Home alone, in fact. But he didn't scream the walls down when France was pulled from the hat. Nor did he start foaming at the mouth or breaking into a cold sweat.

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Trap: We're Capable of Leaving the French Bleu ; World Cup Play-Off Ireland V France, November 14 and 18

The Ireland boss is a cool and unflappable character and put his seedings gripe to one side last night. He is straight into work mode and has ordered DVDs of France's recent games.

"As far as superstition goes, we believe ...

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